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Katherine Rundell

  • 5 stars across 11 books
    Katherine Rundell-tightrope walker, cartwheeler, academic, and author-was born in 1987 and grew up in Africa and Europe. In 2008 she was elected a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Her first book, The Girl Savage, was born of her love of Zimbabwe and her own childhood there. Her second, Rooftoppers (Winner of the Blue Peter Book Award, Waterstones Children's Book Prize, and shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Prize  and the CILIP Carnegie Medal), was inspired by summers working in Paris and by night-time trespassing on the rooftops of All Souls. She is currently working on her doctorate alongside an adult novel. She lives in Oxford, UK.

    Author photo copyright Nina Subin.

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    2nd January 2018

    The Explorer: WINNER OF THE COSTA CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD

    Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________ Winner of the Children's Book Prize Winner of the Costa C... More

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    28th May 2020

    Rooftoppers: 10th Anniversary Edition

    CELEBRATING 10 HIGH-FLYING YEARS OF THE MULTI-AWARD-WINNING MODERN CLASSIC, FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE EXPLORER ____________... More

    (65 reviews)
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    8th September 2016

    The Wolf Wilder

    Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell... From the winner of the Costa Children's Book Prize 'A writer with an utte... More

    (51 reviews)
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    3rd September 2020

    The Good Thieves

    Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________ FOYLES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 From the winner ... More

    (38 reviews)
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    25th February 2021

    Skysteppers: World Book Day 2021

    High above the streets of Paris live the rooftoppers, a secret gang of children who eat, sleep and tumble amongst the ch... More

    (14 reviews)
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    1st September 2022

    The Zebra's Great Escape

    _______________ A TIMES CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE WEEK **'The year's most magnificent adventure' - Guardian** **'Fizzing ... More

    (14 reviews)
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    3rd October 2019

    One Christmas Wish

    Go on an adventure with Katherine Rundell ... _______________ NOMINATED FOR THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL NOMINATED FOR THE... More

    (11 reviews)
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    6th January 2011

    The Girl Savage

    Wilhelmina Silver's world is golden. Living half-wild on an African farm with her horse, her monkey and her best friend,... More

    (7 reviews)
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    20th September 2018

    Into the Jungle

    Into the Jungle is a modern classic in the making, as Katherine Rundell creates charming and compelling origin sto... More

    (3 reviews)
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    14th September 2023

    Impossible Creatures

    It was a very fine day, until something tried to eat him. A boy called Christopher is visiting his reclusive grandfa... More

    (0 reviews)
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